(1887-11-21)21 November 1887 Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies
Died
15 January 1968(1968-01-15) (aged 80) The Hague, Netherlands
Allegiance
Netherlands
Service/branch
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
Years of service
1908–1945
Rank
Lieutenant general
Commands held
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
Battles/wars
Dutch East Indies campaign
Spouse(s)
Agneta C. Roqué
(m. 1912–1925)
[1]
Anna Maria Bergman
(m. 1934)
[1]
Hein ter Poorten (21 November 1887 – 15 January 1968) was a Dutch military officer. He was the commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in World War II. Ter Poorten was also Allied land forces commander in the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command on Java during early 1942.[2]
^ ab(in Dutch) Poorten, Hein ter (1887-1968), Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, 2013. Retrieved on 4 July 2014.
^Klemen, L (1999–2000). "Lieutenant-General Hein Ter Poorten". Dutch East Indies Campaign website. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
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Global Information
Netherlands